Mammy stereotype
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A mammy is a U.S. historical stereotype depicting women of African descent, usually enslaved, who did domestic work, including nursing children. The fictionalized mammy character is often visualized a
"Mammy's Cupboard", 1940 novelty architecture restaurant in Adams County, Mississippi
A cartoon depiction of a white man kissing a black woman on a card, 1900
Clipping from a Chicago Tribune headline to build the monument to Ol' Black Mammy, May 29th, 1910
Sculptor Ulric Stonewall Jackson Dunbar with a maquette of his proposal for the "mammy memorial", 1923
Stereotypes of African Americans are beliefs about the culture of people with partial or total ancestry from any black racial groups of Africa whose ancestors resided in the United States since before
Mammy stereotype
…doting, advice, correction, and supervision were reserved exclusively for women of European descent and children." This stereotype contrasts with the Jezebel stereotype, which depicts younger African-American women as conniving and promiscuous. The mammy is occasionally depicted as a religious woman. More often than…
The cover of an 1832 edition of the sheet music of Jump Jim Crow, which depicts a stereotyped African-American who is named Jim Crow
Detail from cover of The Celebrated Negro Melodies, as Sung by the Virginia Minstrels, 1843
This reproduction of a 1900 William H. West minstrel show poster, originally published by the Strobridge Litho Co., shows the transformation from "white" to "black."
Racist 1900s postcard, captioned: "Alligator bait, Florida"